Ebay Buyer wants to know why they are block
twiley
Posts: 1,923 ✭
I listed a card for $250 or BO
Someone came along and offered $20. It was auto declined. I was offended so I place them of my Block Bidder list. All this low ball everything for nothing attitude I been seeing all over ebay as of the past 2 years is BS.
Today I get a message through ebay's message system...
"I tried to make an offer on this card and it said i was no longer permitted to bid to bid on your listings. I was just curious why?"
I haven't replied and not sure if I want to bother replying.
What would you do?
Someone came along and offered $20. It was auto declined. I was offended so I place them of my Block Bidder list. All this low ball everything for nothing attitude I been seeing all over ebay as of the past 2 years is BS.
Today I get a message through ebay's message system...
"I tried to make an offer on this card and it said i was no longer permitted to bid to bid on your listings. I was just curious why?"
I haven't replied and not sure if I want to bother replying.
What would you do?
0
Comments
Can you block a bidder from BIN/BO listings and leave them unblocked for auction listings. You could politely decline and say you were blocked as a result of insulting previous offers.
I block bidders for many reasons:
1. Making idiotic lowball offers
2. Leaving negative feedback for ridiculous reasons
3. Asking stupid questions a 3 year old could figure out on their own
4. You're a known fraud
5. You're a harrassing moron
6. You're a douchebag
You must be one or more of the above or you wouldn't have made my list
Have a nice day
Also I would set a minimum decline price to avoid these lowball offers.
Usually I respond to all offers.
Even very low offers.
To Low offers I usually respond like this.
"Thanks for your interest in my auction but $xx.xx is well under current market value. I wish you success finding one at a price you are comfortable with. The lowest price I can accept is $xxx.xx In your auction case my lowest price would be $240.00
This will usually end any further offers.
Joe
<< <i>I would reply with this:
I block bidders for many reasons:
1. Making idiotic lowball offers
2. Leaving negative feedback for ridiculous reasons
3. Asking stupid questions a 3 year old could figure out on their own
4. You're a known fraud
5. You're a harrassing moron
6. You're a douchebag
You must be one or more of the above or you wouldn't have made my list
Have a nice day >>
7.- you want to low ball the crap out of me then turn it around and put in your stores for 30 days to quadrupal your money.
<< <i>I would reply with this:
I block bidders for many reasons:
1. Making idiotic lowball offers
2. Leaving negative feedback for ridiculous reasons
3. Asking stupid questions a 3 year old could figure out on their own
4. You're a known fraud
5. You're a harrassing moron
6. You're a douchebag
You must be one or more of the above or you wouldn't have made my list
Have a nice day >>
I like that,
Joe
<< <i>I would not bother to reply. Either he isn't smart enough to figure out that his low-ball offers are the cause, or he just wants to start a pointless argument. Time is all we have, why waste it?
Joe >>
Ditto.
Although, one should not get insulted at an offer. You should just sent your mins., and if not, just reply back with your price or block them. Nothing to really concern yourself.
Just had a newbie back out of a $300.00 sale. Not a biggie, but after payment, so a little annoying. Now I have to walk him through the cancel transaction or it will cost me what $40 or something like that. Those are the things that bother me. Same buyer has a $50.00 meteorite currently on the way to his house...from me, his first feedback.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>Possible scenario: what if they meant $200 and accidently typed $20? >>
highly unlikely.
The $20 offer was auto decline.
The buyer would have seen the typo and could have make a $200 offer immediately after they original $20 offer was auto declined.
<< <i> The $20 offer was auto decline.
The buyer would have seen the typo and could have make a $200 offer immediately after they original $20 offer was auto declined. >>
Really?
<< <i>Someone came along and offered $20. I of course declined and I was very offended so I place them of my Block Bidder list. >>
When I typed "I declined" I didn't mean it as in I checked the listing and had to click a button to decline it. All my BIN/BO are set on auto decline.
I guess I will just unblock the buyer. Sorry to have started this thread. Kinda silly when I think about it.
It is ALWAYS a mistake to reply to questions regarding "why
was I blocked?"
The whole point of blocking lowballing garbage from bidding
is to avoid dealing with them.
Getting into a discussion with EBAY trash will routinely result
in retaliation from the offender.
There are MILLIONS of good buyers on EBAY. Chatting with
SCUM is a risky and unproductive waste of time.
Just tell him you don't like your time being wasted by people screwin around with ridiculous offers. Not sure if I would unblock the guy if I was you???
Bob
Looking for Bob Uecker cards
My Ebay Auctions
<< <i>
<< <i>I would reply with this:
I block bidders for many reasons:
1. Making idiotic lowball offers
2. Leaving negative feedback for ridiculous reasons
3. Asking stupid questions a 3 year old could figure out on their own
4. You're a known fraud
5. You're a harrassing moron
6. You're a douchebag
You must be one or more of the above or you wouldn't have made my list
Have a nice day >>
7.- you want to low ball the crap out of me then turn it around and put in your stores for 30 days to quadrupal your money. >>
Hey, just like Teawolves likes to do! He and I were once going back and forth on something and he said something along the lines of "People usually know how to treat the 'wolf"
LMFAO @ that turd
The bidder meant to offer 200.00 but mistakenly offered 20.00?
Just a thought.
Steve
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
FWIW The card is now gone and in the USPS hands. Someone else came in snagged it up and paid immediately. I did make a slight profit so I am happy.
<< <i>FWIW The card is now gone and in the USPS hands. Someone else came in snagged it up and paid immediately. I did make a slight profit so I am happy. >>
Was it the 2007 Topps Gold Jeter PSA 9?
WTB: 2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars Longevity: Ryan Jensen #/25
<< <i>It is ALWAYS a mistake to reply to questions regarding "why
was I blocked?"
The whole point of blocking lowballing garbage from bidding
is to avoid dealing with them.
Getting into a discussion with EBAY trash will routinely result
in retaliation from the offender.
There are MILLIONS of good buyers on EBAY. Chatting with
SCUM is a risky and unproductive waste of time. >>
What he said .---- Sonny
I no longer sell on Ebay , even though I have 1'000's of cards to sell. I no longer crave the desire to deal with low lifes.
Maybe..just maybe...he is a blockhead...
<< <i>
<< <i>FWIW The card is now gone and in the USPS hands. Someone else came in snagged it up and paid immediately. I did make a slight profit so I am happy. >>
Was it the 2007 Topps Gold Jeter PSA 9? >>
If so a $20 offer doesn't really seem like an insult. Good job if you got more.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>I listed a card for $250 or BO
Someone came along and offered $20. It was auto declined. I was offended so I place them of my Block Bidder list. All this low ball everything for nothing attitude I been seeing all over ebay as of the past 2 years is BS.
Today I get a message through ebay's message system...
"I tried to make an offer on this card and it said i was no longer permitted to bid to bid on your listings. I was just curious why?"
I haven't replied and not sure if I want to bother replying.
What would you do? >>
What!!!! $20 take it.
I have a 1920's card PSA 8 listed with a BIN of $800. I was offered $10. Your $20 offer sounds great.
I block people for different reasons:
1) NON Paying Bidders
2) Ask questions that are answerd in the listing, how much is shipping?
3) Stupid offers
I don't bother setting the auto decline. I want to see the offers and decide what to do. Counter Offer, Decline, Accept
I have over 150 people on my block bidder list.
Dave
p.s. what was the card?
"Kids don't care about this card anymore... sad, I know... but it will
be worth $50 if you are lucky in 5 years but I'm willing to pay for
for sentimental reaosons. If you are interseted, let me know, but
a PSA 1 will decline in value until I buy it for $10 in 2 yeras so
now is your chance. Best of luck to you otherwise."
The card is a PSA 1 Goudey Babe Ruth
<< <i>Ok -- lowball offers I understand -- in fact there is a small network of guys out there that make lowball offers on tons of cards just hoping the seller hits accept by mistake -- but my question is do I block the guy that makes a lowball offer with the following statement.
"Kids don't care about this card anymore... sad, I know... but it will
be worth $50 if you are lucky in 5 years but I'm willing to pay for
for sentimental reaosons. If you are interseted, let me know, but
a PSA 1 will decline in value until I buy it for $10 in 2 yeras so
now is your chance. Best of luck to you otherwise."
The card is a PSA 1 Goudey Babe Ruth >>
Yes block.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
<< <i>glad you sold the card, tough market out there and plenty of idiot buyers.
p.s. what was the card? >>
How to make a long story short here is what I did.
I paid $150.22 for this card raw w/ grading and shipping fees...
Then this card came along and I purchased it for $160.71 w/ shipping
Being I now had the upgrade I wanted to off the PSA 9 card and try to make a little money for holding onto it for 3 years.
I placed it on ebay for 249.99 BIN or BO. then received $20 offer , $100 offer, and a $175 offer which I accepted.
Seriously though, it's not as if I stress over it though out the day. A little click and it's dealt with. For those who want to create a personal vendetta to verbally retaliate... why go out of your way to let one more person in the world know you're kind of a jerk?
A simple "No thank you" or even "Sorry, that is just way too low a price for me to accept" would suffice. That isn't too difficult, is it?
You should try to get what you can get, not "dissin" you or the like.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.